[open-science] [Open-access] Elsevier: some facts, by Tim Gowers

[Everton Zanella Alvarenga]

At the Brazilian mailing lists people are trying to figure out our numbers.

I hope someone can use our very recent access to information law to
approach more precise numbers. :)

Tom


2014-04-24 23:49 GMT-07:00 Michelle Brook <michelle.brook at okfn.org>:

> I'd love to see if similar data can be captured worldwide, where freedom
> of information acts/ similar legislation is in place & relevant.
>
> Thanks for looking into Hong Kong Scott :-)
>
> Michelle
>
> > On 25 Apr 2014, at 07:35, Bjoern Brembs <b.brembs at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > As I commented on Gowers' post, these figures (not by publisher but by
> library) are open knowledge in Germany:
> >
> > http://www.hbz-nrw.de/angebote/dbs/
> >
> > German libraries spent in 2011
> >
> >    170 million € on books
> >    130 million € on subscriptions
> >
> > http://blogarchive.brembs.net/comment-n900.html
> >
> > Here the link to an English overview for 2012 (2013 is still in the
> works):
> >
> >
> http://www.hbz-nrw.de/dokumentencenter/produkte/dbs/aktuell/auswertungen/gesamt/dbs_gesamt_engl_12.pdf
> > These figures are broken down in different sections in several documents
> - but all of these are in German only.
> >
> > Bjoern
> >
> >> On Thursday, April 24, 2014, 11:47:22 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Peter - looping the open access working group into this
> discussion.
> >
> >
> >> Michelle
> >
> >
> >> On 24 April 2014 19:29, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Michelle Brook has written a very good overview of this
> >> (http://access.okfn.org/2014/04/24/the-cost-of-academic-publishing/)
> >> which you should read first.
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Mark Wainwright
> >> <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Tim Gowers has written a new post in which he tries to establish some
> >> facts that might bear on the Open Access debate. It's long but
> >> excellent.
> >
> >> http://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
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Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
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